Analytical Skills Job Trends

Analytical Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 13 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,206 5,999 4,618
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.80% 10.82% 9.03%
As % of the General category 14.70% 16.44% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,528 2,560 3,211
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -

All General Skills
UK

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35,423 36,492 32,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.88% 65.80% 63.43%
Number of salaries quoted 19,136 17,003 23,792
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -5 4,509 £50,000 -9.09% 2,058
UK excluding London -9 3,343 £45,000 -11.71% 1,418
Work from Home +6 1,808 £51,058 -8.83% 907
London +2 1,544 £67,500 +3.85% 903
South East +4 864 £50,000 - 461
North of England -14 788 £42,500 -19.05% 371
Midlands -10 611 £44,272 -7.77% 215
North West -12 415 £43,000 -18.10% 239
South West +4 386 £45,000 -14.29% 180
West Midlands -13 362 £52,500 +5.00% 133
Scotland -1 321 £40,000 -33.33% 48
East of England -19 281 £40,000 -21.52% 133
Yorkshire +1 268 £40,000 -20.00% 109
East Midlands +5 247 £37,500 -11.76% 82
North East +7 105 £41,000 -6.82% 28
Wales +17 80 £47,811 -2.63% 40
Northern Ireland -2 44 £52,500 +0.55% 11
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -6 1 - - 1

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 148 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 89 (1.71%) Confluence
4 45 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 44 (0.85%) CMS
6 20 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 20 (0.38%) SAS
7 18 (0.35%) WordPress
8 16 (0.31%) Apache
8 16 (0.31%) IIS
9 6 (0.12%) nginx
9 6 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.077%) Camunda
10 4 (0.077%) Drupal
10 4 (0.077%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.058%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.058%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.058%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.038%) govService
12 2 (0.038%) WinCC
Applications
1 783 (15.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 420 (8.07%) Chatbot
3 351 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
4 137 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 68 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 59 (1.13%) Maya
7 40 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
8 36 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
9 21 (0.40%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.27%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 5 (0.096%) CATIA
13 4 (0.077%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.077%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.077%) PlantUML
13 4 (0.077%) Simulink
13 4 (0.077%) Sketch
14 3 (0.058%) Stata
15 2 (0.038%) Revit
15 2 (0.038%) Trello
Business Applications
1 149 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.29%) SAP MDG
3 56 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 48 (0.92%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 36 (0.69%) Shopify
7 32 (0.61%) SAP CO
8 31 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
9 29 (0.56%) SAP FI
10 28 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
11 23 (0.44%) SAP IBP
12 21 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
13 18 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
14 17 (0.33%) Endur
14 17 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
15 16 (0.31%) Workday HCM
16 13 (0.25%) Sage X3
17 11 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
17 11 (0.21%) SAP ERP
17 11 (0.21%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 809 (15.54%) Azure
2 610 (11.72%) Power Platform
3 440 (8.45%) AWS
4 273 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
5 242 (4.65%) SaaS
6 159 (3.05%) GCP
7 145 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
8 101 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
9 82 (1.58%) GitHub
10 77 (1.48%) Snowflake
11 73 (1.40%) Entra ID
12 69 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 68 (1.31%) Google Analytics
14 53 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 53 (1.02%) Power Automate
15 52 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
16 48 (0.92%) Serverless
17 47 (0.90%) dbt
18 39 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
19 38 (0.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 168 (3.23%) DNS
2 136 (2.61%) DHCP
3 128 (2.46%) Firewall
4 80 (1.54%) VPN
5 75 (1.44%) Network Security
6 72 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
7 63 (1.21%) WAN
8 62 (1.19%) LAN
9 47 (0.90%) Wireless
10 46 (0.88%) TCP/IP
11 44 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
12 38 (0.73%) VLAN
13 32 (0.61%) SMS
13 32 (0.61%) VoIP
14 25 (0.48%) OSPF
15 23 (0.44%) SAN
16 22 (0.42%) BGP
16 22 (0.42%) Broadband
16 22 (0.42%) Internet
17 21 (0.40%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 559 (10.74%) Power BI
2 362 (6.95%) Tableau
3 184 (3.53%) SQL Server
4 171 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
5 161 (3.09%) Data Mining
6 117 (2.25%) Metadata
7 111 (2.13%) Data Lake
8 107 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
9 100 (1.92%) Relational Database
10 68 (1.31%) NoSQL
11 57 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 56 (1.08%) MySQL
13 53 (1.02%) Looker
14 47 (0.90%) SAP BW
15 46 (0.88%) Big Data
16 43 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
16 43 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
17 41 (0.79%) GIS
18 39 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
19 38 (0.73%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 220 (4.23%) JIRA
2 100 (1.92%) Git
3 48 (0.92%) Selenium
4 46 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 41 (0.79%) GitLab
6 19 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 18 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
8 15 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.29%) Postman
8 15 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 15 (0.29%) WebDriver
9 14 (0.27%) ERwin
9 14 (0.27%) Subversion
10 13 (0.25%) ER Studio
10 13 (0.25%) Snyk
11 12 (0.23%) Balsamiq
12 11 (0.21%) Axure RP
13 10 (0.19%) Visual Studio
13 10 (0.19%) webpack
14 9 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2,664 (51.17%) Social Skills
2 1,767 (33.94%) Finance
3 548 (10.53%) Marketing
4 342 (6.57%) Law
5 339 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 308 (5.92%) Retail
7 288 (5.53%) Legal
8 248 (4.76%) Banking
9 243 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
10 238 (4.57%) Public Sector
11 223 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
12 212 (4.07%) Manufacturing
13 136 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
14 134 (2.57%) Telecoms
15 127 (2.44%) Financial Institution
16 123 (2.36%) Games
17 96 (1.84%) Electronics
18 81 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
19 80 (1.54%) Advertising
20 61 (1.17%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,131 (21.72%) Analyst
2 660 (12.68%) Senior
3 418 (8.03%) Trainer
4 354 (6.80%) Lead
5 333 (6.40%) Data Analyst
6 325 (6.24%) Architect
7 228 (4.38%) Developer
8 206 (3.96%) Consultant
9 201 (3.86%) Business Analyst
10 168 (3.23%) Support Analyst
11 139 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
12 138 (2.65%) IT Support
13 136 (2.61%) Trainee
14 132 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
15 127 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
16 116 (2.23%) Trainee Analyst
16 116 (2.23%) Trainee Data Analyst
17 108 (2.07%) Senior Manager
18 106 (2.04%) IT Manager
18 106 (2.04%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (2.29%) HTML
2 104 (2.00%) CSS
3 84 (1.61%) React
4 75 (1.44%) REST
5 66 (1.27%) .NET
6 57 (1.09%) Middleware
7 42 (0.81%) JSON
8 36 (0.69%) EDI
8 36 (0.69%) Node.js
9 34 (0.65%) AngularJS
9 34 (0.65%) Kafka
9 34 (0.65%) SOAP
10 33 (0.63%) XML
11 28 (0.54%) LangChain
12 26 (0.50%) Spring
13 24 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
13 24 (0.46%) PySpark
13 24 (0.46%) Web Services
14 23 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
15 22 (0.42%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 524 (10.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 384 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
3 377 (7.24%) Onboarding
4 285 (5.47%) Management Information System
5 205 (3.94%) Product Ownership
6 165 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
7 137 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 94 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 83 (1.59%) Driving Licence
10 81 (1.56%) FMCG
11 72 (1.38%) Cloud Native
12 69 (1.33%) Data Structures
13 55 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 54 (1.04%) Algorithms
15 52 (1.00%) Robotics
16 51 (0.98%) Virtual Team
17 48 (0.92%) Security Posture
17 48 (0.92%) Social Media
18 40 (0.77%) Low-Code
19 38 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 348 (6.68%) Windows
2 240 (4.61%) Linux
3 155 (2.98%) Windows Server
4 97 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (0.67%) Unix
6 20 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.19%) Android
9 7 (0.13%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.096%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.058%) OpenWrt
12 3 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.019%) AIX
14 1 (0.019%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.019%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.019%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.019%) VMS
14 1 (0.019%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,320 (44.56%) Problem-Solving
2 1,179 (22.65%) AI
3 1,119 (21.49%) Analytics
4 1,110 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,013 (19.46%) Decision-Making
6 895 (17.19%) Agile
7 815 (15.66%) Project Management
8 755 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
9 661 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 547 (10.51%) Data Analysis
11 447 (8.59%) Risk Management
12 438 (8.41%) Roadmaps
13 431 (8.28%) ERP
14 427 (8.20%) Chemistry
15 424 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
16 422 (8.11%) Conversational UI
17 418 (8.03%) Business Strategy
18 411 (7.89%) Analytical Thinking
19 409 (7.86%) Process Improvement
20 408 (7.84%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 975 (18.73%) SQL
2 674 (12.95%) Python
3 150 (2.88%) Java
4 139 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 116 (2.23%) PowerShell
6 115 (2.21%) C#
7 71 (1.36%) R
8 57 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 48 (0.92%) C++
10 45 (0.86%) T-SQL
11 43 (0.83%) Bash
11 43 (0.83%) VBA
12 32 (0.61%) TypeScript
13 31 (0.60%) Scala
14 22 (0.42%) PL/SQL
15 21 (0.40%) C
16 20 (0.38%) Go
17 16 (0.31%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.29%) MATLAB
19 14 (0.27%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,705 (32.75%) Degree
2 579 (11.12%) Master's Degree
3 453 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 430 (8.26%) PhD
5 331 (6.36%) SC Cleared
6 214 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 186 (3.57%) ACCA
8 178 (3.42%) CIMA
9 168 (3.23%) CISSP
10 111 (2.13%) DBS Check
11 101 (1.94%) PMI Certification
12 87 (1.67%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.59%) CISM
14 82 (1.58%) PMP
15 76 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
16 64 (1.23%) Azure Certification
17 61 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
18 60 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
19 59 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
20 51 (0.98%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (6.09%) Data Quality
2 262 (5.03%) QA
3 195 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 186 (3.57%) GDPR
5 148 (2.84%) PCI DSS
6 147 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 125 (2.40%) NIST
8 114 (2.19%) Accessibility
9 103 (1.98%) PMO
10 55 (1.06%) SLA
11 49 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 38 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 35 (0.67%) GRC
14 25 (0.48%) IFRS
15 19 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 18 (0.35%) WCAG
17 16 (0.31%) ISO 9001
18 15 (0.29%) COBIT
19 13 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
20 12 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 243 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 121 (2.32%) Hyper-V
3 96 (1.84%) Terminal Server
4 56 (1.08%) Docker
5 53 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (0.31%) Firmware
8 12 (0.23%) vSphere
9 9 (0.17%) ProxySG
10 8 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.038%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.038%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.019%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.019%) NFS
13 1 (0.019%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.019%) zsh
Systems Management
1 88 (1.69%) Terraform
2 64 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 56 (1.08%) Ansible
4 48 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.27%) Grafana
7 14 (0.27%) SCCM
8 6 (0.12%) SCOM
9 5 (0.096%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 5 (0.096%) Nagios
9 5 (0.096%) QRadar
10 4 (0.077%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.077%) Nessus
10 4 (0.077%) Rancher
10 4 (0.077%) vRealize
11 3 (0.058%) CASB
11 3 (0.058%) Control-M
11 3 (0.058%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.038%) Argo
Vendors
1 1,192 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 418 (8.03%) PayPal
3 400 (7.68%) SAP
4 222 (4.26%) Oracle
5 171 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 167 (3.21%) Google
7 161 (3.09%) VMware
8 126 (2.42%) Splunk
9 125 (2.40%) SolarWinds
10 103 (1.98%) ServiceNow
11 97 (1.86%) Brocade
11 97 (1.86%) Tanium
11 97 (1.86%) Veeam
12 96 (1.84%) Nimble Storage
13 85 (1.63%) Cisco
13 85 (1.63%) Databricks
14 66 (1.27%) Adobe
15 53 (1.02%) Workday
16 48 (0.92%) Alteryx
17 45 (0.86%) Bloomberg